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On March 14, 2015, all 70,000 residents of the Commonwealth of Dominica – an island in the Caribbean – will receive Bitcoin during a Bitcoin distribution event titled The Bit Drop. According to the media release sent to CoinReport by The Bit Drop project manager Sarah...

Global Payments (NYSE: GPN), the worldwide provider of payment solutions, announced on Wednesday that it had signed a referral agreement with BitPay. The newfound partnership allows Global Payments to incorporate Bitcoin into its product suite and to offer the cryptocurrency...

Fresh out of Silicon Valley and backed by the founders of PayPal and Stripe comes Stellar, a non-profit, open source startup that describes itself as “a decentralized protocol for sending and receiving money in any pair of currencies.” The platform allows users to execute a...

On July 29th, Bitcoin payment processing platform BitPay announced a new plan void of any processing fees. Titled the “Basic Plan” and labeled as “Free, Unlimited, Forever,” the plan allows merchants to “use any plugin, API, or app from BitPay’s...

Update: As of July 24, airBaltic has removed their €5.99 (about $8.06) transaction fee for Bitcoin purchases. The move comes after the company garnered much criticism from the Bitcoin community for the institution of the transaction fee in the first place. On July 22nd,...

On July 19th, US-based cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex announced that it will be adding the jl777hodl asset (ticker symbol JLH) to its exchange platform. The listing of this fund, which “represents a basket of high-performance crypto initiatives,” would mark the first...

Seattle-based startup Skilljar announced today that customers using its platform to teach courses online can now accept payments in Bitcoin. Skilljar has partnered with Bitcoin payment processing company Stripe to offer the option to its clients. According to a press release sent...

Beepi, a California-based online pre-owned vehicle marketplace, has announced that it has become the first peer-to-peer marketplace to allow its users to purchase cars with Bitcoin. The company has partnered with Bitcoin payment processing service BitPay to facilitate...

On July 2nd, London-based Bitcoin and gold brokerage Netagio celebrated their first anniversary of helping retail customers and institutional investors buy and sell gold and Bitcoin in exchange for GBP, EUR and USD. The service allows customers to purchase Bitcoins with...

Bitcoin Automated Vending Machine (AVM) operator QwikBit has accepted delivery of its first batch of Bitcoin AVMs to be installed in the Isle of Man and the UK. The AVMs are manufactured by Lamassu, Inc. AVMs allow for easy, on-the-spot exchange of cash for Bitcoins. “By...